SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE Wednesday, August 14, 2024 11:30 AM Permitting and Development Center (PDC), Rm. 3004 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive Austin, TX 78752 Some members of the Small Area Plan Joint Committee may be participating by video conference. Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely by telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once, either in-person or remotely, and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation. To register, call or email the board liaison at 512- 974-3440 or donna.arwood@austintexas.gov. CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Nadia Barrera-Ramirez William D. Floyd Betsy Greenberg Patrick B. Howard, Chair Jennifer Mushtaler Ryan Puzyck Danielle Skidmore (Planning Commission) (Zoning and Platting Commission) (Zoning and Platting Commission) (Planning Commission) (Planning Commission) (Zoning and Platting Commission) (Planning Commission) AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 3 speakers who sign up by noon (12:00 PM) the day before the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Small Area Planning Joint Committee meeting on April 17, 2024. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 1 2. Discussion and recommendation on case number C814-2023-0057, 200 East Riverside Drive, 200 E. Riverside Congress Planned Unit Development. Austin Planning Department staff: Sheri Sirwaitis, sheri.sirwaitis@austintexas.gov, (512-974-3057). DISCUSSION ITEMS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Mark Walters at the Housing and Planning Department, at 512-974-7695, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Small Area Planning Joint Committee, please contact the liaison, Mark Walters at 512- 974-7695, mark.walters@austintexas.gov; or Donna Arwood at 512-974-3440, donna.arwood@austintexas.gov. 2
SMALL AREA JOINT PLANNING COMMITTEE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING APRIL 17, 2024 The SMALL AREA JOINT PLANNING COMMITTEE convened in a Special Called Meeting on April 17, 2024 at the Permitting and Development Center, Room 2204, 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr. in Austin, Texas. Commissioner Betsey Greenberg called the Small Area Joint Planning Committee Meeting to order at 11:40 a.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Betsey Greenberg Dave Floyd Nadia Barrera-Ramirez Jennifer Mushtaler Ryan Puzycki Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Commissioners Barrera-Ramirez, Floyd, and Mushtaler attended remotely. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL No one signed up for public communication. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. 2. Approve the minutes of the Small Area Planning Joint Committee Regular Meeting on June 7, 2023. The minutes from the meeting of June 7, 2023, were approved on Commissioner Mushtaler’s motion, Commissioner Puzycki second, on a unanimous vote. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS Discussion and possible action to elect Vice Chair. 3. 4. On Commissioner Puzycki’s motion, Commissioner Barrera-Ramirez’s second, Commissioner Greenberg was nominated as Vice Chair and unanimously elected to serve. Discussion and action to approve the 2024 Meeting Schedule. On Commissioner’s Greenberg’s motion, Commissioner’s Puzycki’s second, the 2024 meeting schedule was unanimously approved. Discussion and recommendation on the South Central Waterfront Combining District and Density Bonus Program (SCWCD). Following a presentation by April Geruso, Planning Department, the commissioners engaged in several rounds of questions and answers followed by discussion. Commissioners proceeded to offer amendments to the South Central Waterfront Combining District and Density Bonus Program. • Commissioner Greenberg made a motion, second by Commissioner Mushtaler, that the City Council should not take action on the South Central Waterfront Combining District and Density Bonus Program until after environmental modeling has been conducted to assess the effects of dense urban development in the South Central Waterfront District on stormwater runoff and increased pollution on Lady Bird Lake. The vote was Commissioners Greenberg, Mushtaler, Barrera-Ramirez, and Floyd voting in favor and Commissioner Puzycki voting against. • Commissioner Mushtaler offered an amendment to move the South Central Waterfront Combining District and Density Bonus Program building intensities away from Lady Bird Lake and locate them towards the southern boundary of the South Central Waterfront District. The amendment failed for lack of a second. • Commissar Greenberg offered an amendment, and was seconded by Commissioner Barrera-Ramirez, to support the Planning Commissions recommendations on the affordable housing fee-in-lieu: “Prioritize the following two as a part of the …
ZONING CHANGE REVIEW SHEET CASE: C814-2023-0057 (200 E. Riverside PUD) DISTRICT AREA: 9 ADDRESS: 200 East Riverside Drive ZONING FROM: LI-NP TO: PUD-NP SITE AREA: 3.95 acres PROPERTY OWNER: Garwald Company, Inc. AGENT: Armbrust & Brown, PLLC (Richard T. Suttle, Jr.) CASE MANAGER: Sherri Sirwaitis PHONE: 512-974-3057 sherri.sirwaitis@austintexas.gov STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The staff recommendation is to approve the 200 E Riverside Planned Unit Development (PUD) subject to the following conditions: 1. The conditions of the PUD shall be established in - a) the proposed Land Use Plan that includes a breakdown of: the planning site area, exhibit of the surrounding tract uses and acreages, the Site Development Regulations, Permitted Uses, Conditional Uses and Prohibited Uses Tables, proposed maximum Land Use Summary Table and Land Use Notes. 2. The PUD shall comply with the following Environmental staff recommendations: Tier 1 and Tier 2 Chart P. 3 of 3 Other Amenities Specific to PUD: Landscape superiority items. The applicant has agreed to amend the following superiority item: 4. All new perimeter right-of-way trees installed on the property shall be planted with a minimum soil volume of 1,000 cubic feet at a minimum soil depth of 3 feet. Such soil volume may be shared up to 25 percent between trees in continuous plantings. Where necessary, load bearing soil cells shall be used to meet the soil volume requirement. Nothing limits the City’s authority to reduce the minimum soil volume if necessary to reduce utility conflict or to address other constructability issues. If the City reduces the minimum soil volume, Landowner remains compliant with the PUD Ordinance and Environmental Criteria Manual. By replacing the strike-through with: C814-2023-0057 Page 2 “All soil volume and depth that cannot be achieved in the ROW due to utility placement will be offset, on a 1:1 basis, by providing soil volume and depth in other locations within the PUD, such as parking.” 3. Austin Fire Department requests the following to be provided by the developer: 9,000 to 11,000 square feet unfinished space within the level of discharge ("ground floor") and floor above, with a private convenience stair, adequate space for 2-3 apparatus bays and appropriate apron for fire/EMS apparatus, and an entrance/egress on a major roadway. Final selection of the location must be approved by the Austin Fire Department, Austin-Travis County EMS, and the Developer, with a lease executed or the space conveyed prior to 55% of certificates of occupancy …
